Vietnam is a long and narrow country, most of its land belong to mountains. Especially, the North of Vietnam is Kingdom for mountainous landscapes. It is proud of highest peak in Indochina, stunning and long long passes, mountain ranges with strange shapes...If you want to discover the best scenery of Vietnam with mysterious Halong bay, amazing Sapa, glorious Ninhbinh, peaceful Maichau...come to the North. We design this tour for you to experience the best of Northern Vietnam. You will be surprised day after day with wonderful landscapes during your tour and learn much about culture, tradition and life style of local people in remote area of Vietnam.

DETAIL ITINERARY

DAY 1: HANOI ARRIVAL

Welcome to Vietnam, our guide will meet you with big smiles at the airport and escort you to our hotel in Hanoi center. Relax and comfort yourself after a long flight. Stay overnight in Hanoi.

DAY 2: HANOI - HALONG BAY (B, L, D)

This morning, we will drive to Halong bay, stop on the way for short break, and then continue heading to Halong. Arrival at lunch time, check in our luxury cruise and start your wonderful time in Halong bay. Spend whole afternoon to enjoy magnificent scenery around you, there are thousands of limestone islands standing in the middle of sea water, all of them are covered by a thick layer of green forest which make Halong bay more and more beautiful. Have lunch, dinner and stay overnight on boat.

DAY 3: HALONG BAY – NINHBINH (B, L, D)

Wake up early to enjoy fresh air of the sea, take part into some morning exercises on sundeck with our master. Then, have breakfast and our boat lift anchor to start cruising in the bay again. Keep camera ready on your hand to take the best photos of Halong bay in the morning. Check out and have lunch on boat. Our boat finished cruising at the harbor and time to say good bye Halong bay. Catch our bus to Ninhbinh. On arrival, we will do an interesting cycling tour in Tamcoc to enjoy peaceful scenery and marvelous landscape of Ninhbinh. Dinner and stay overnight in Ninhbinh.

DAY 4: NINHBINH – MAICHAU HOMESTAY (B, L, D)

Good morning Tamcoc! You can walk around this peaceful place before having breakfast at your hotel. Seeing local people preparing for a new day, children going to school, life in the early morning must be an interesting experience! This morning, you will enjoy a great view of Tamcoc when you climb up a high mountain naming Hang Mua, there are more than 500 big steps, big challenge for you to conquer, however, you will be compensated with a fantastic over view of this magnificent region. Next, you will take a brilliant boat trip in Trangan which was recognized as UNESSCO’ Natural Heritage recently.

After that, we drive to Maichau, a beautiful valley, stop on the way for lunch at a local restaurant. Arrive Maichau in the late afternoon, time for relaxing and meeting with friendly local people here. Dinner and stay overnight with a nice family in Maichau.

DAY 5: MAICHAU – HANOI (B, L)

This morning, you will have an easy walking around this beautiful place to see and learn about culture, tradition and life of White Thai people. Stop at the local market to see so many strange foods which local people eat every day. Turn back home stay, check out and have lunch before saying good bye to our host. Drive back Hanoi. Stay overnight in Hanoi.

DAY 6: HANOI CITY TOUR (B, L)

An easy day after many hard days will bring you relaxing feeling. Just drive to some nearby tourist sites such as: Hochiminh complex, Temple of Literature, one of many nice museums. In the afternoon, you can walk around an interesting area, Hanoi Old Quarter! You will have chance to learn about local people life and witness how busy Hanoi is, this is an amazing place with traffics, shops, bars, restaurants…It is time for you to discover real Hanoi. Finish your day with an interesting show of water puppets. Stay overnight in Hanoi.

DAY 7: HANOI – SAPA (B, L)

Today, you will take a long but nice driving to Sapa. It will take about 5 - 6 hours driving on a new high way. Have lunch on arrival, and then check in our hotel. In the afternoon, you will walk to Catcat village, a small village of Black H’Mong people nearby Sapa. Enjoy amazing scenery of valleys, terraced rice fields, waterfalls, streams…. Then, turn back hotel for relaxing. Tonight, you are free to discover local food in Sapa. Stay overnight in Sapa.

DAY 8: SAPA – HANOI (B, L)

This morning, you will discover some other villages far away from Sapa town. Drive down Muong Hoa valley to Laochai and Tavan village of Black H’ Mong and Dzay people, you will have chance to see the best of Sapa here, in clear days, you can see the highest mountain peak Fansipan. You will walk about 2 hours to these villages, have lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, drive back Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi in the later afternoon. Stay overnight in Hanoi.

DAY 9: HANOI DEPARTURE (B)

Pack up all your luggage, leave Hanoi for your departure flight. Good bye and see you again! End of our services.

PRICE:

This is our suggested price for your reference only. Prices may vary a little according to your service requests, your group size and your travel period or any personal requirements that you may have. We are happy to advise you on tours that suit your budget or to help you with prices to cover any special requests. Please send us your inquiries and we will arrange the most up-dated price for you.

Price for you to refer:

Price in USD/pax

3 star

4 star

5 star

1 pax

1,485 USD

1,684 USD

2,358 USD

2 pax

855 USD

982 USD

1,330 USD

4 pax

640 USD

764 USD

1,062 USD

6 pax

549 USD

673 USD

1,005 USD

8 pax

492 USD

614 USD

957 USD

10 pax

468 USD

590 USD

933 USD

Notes:

This price is for private tour.

For group of 1 or 2 pax, we will use 4 or 7 seat car.

Group of 4 to 10 pax, we will use 16 seat bus or van.

Group of more than 10 pax, we will use 29 seat bus.

For the group of 3, 5, 7, 9 and more than 10 people or the group with children, please contact us for more details!

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